TERATOLOGY IN RATS EXPOSED TO 2450 MHZ MICROWAVES AT INTENSE AND INTERMEDIATE DOSE RATES
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Microwave radiation at 2450 MHz reduces fetal brain mass in rats even at non-lethal exposure levels.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed pregnant rats to 2450 MHz microwave radiation (the same frequency used in microwave ovens and some WiFi) for 20 minutes at 31 or 17 mW/g to study birth defects. Resorptions and abnormalities increased at 31 mW/g, the condition in which five of the six dams that died were exposed. Fetal body mass was decreased at 31 mW/g, while fetal brain mass fluctuated with treatment and the day of gestation.
Why This Matters
This study tests the hypothesis that in the laboratory rat specific teratogenic abnormalities from 2450 MHz microwaves occur only at levels that prove lethal to the dam. The 2450 MHz frequency tested is identical to what your microwave oven uses and overlaps with WiFi and Bluetooth signals in your home. The study found that resorptions and abnormalities increased at 31 mW/g, where five of the six dams that died were exposed, and the authors state it gives further support to the thesis that the teratogenic threshold for microwave radiation in the rat overlaps the lethal dose for the dam. Fetal body mass was decreased at 31 mW/g, while fetal brain mass fluctuated with treatment and the day of gestation on which exposure occurred. These were intense exposures that raised the dams' temperature: average colonic temperature after treatment was 42.79 C at 31 mW/g and 41.1 C at 17 mW/g, compared with 38.9 C in the sham group.
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@article{teratology_in_rats_exposed_to_2450_mhz_microwaves_at_intense_and_intermediate_do_g5399,
author = {Unknown},
title = {TERATOLOGY IN RATS EXPOSED TO 2450 MHZ MICROWAVES AT INTENSE AND INTERMEDIATE DOSE RATES},
year = {n.d.},
}